Adult-use recreational pot sales totaled $221,000 on first day of businesses
Adult-use pot dispensaries reaped a hefty total following the state's first day open for business. Confirmed by a spokesman with the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, recreational marijuana sales totaled $221,000 on Sunday.
On first day for legal marijuana in Michigan, lines were long and demand high
On the first day of legal recreational marijuana in Michigan, the line was so long outside one store - Exclusive Ann Arbor - that many were told they would have to come back Monday.
It's now legal to buy recreational pot in Michigan, but it's only for sale in three cities
With the metaphorical flip of a switch Sunday morning, businesses with a recreational pot license officially opened for business. At 10 a.m., a proposal that was first approved by voters via ballot measure in 2018 finally concluded its long process toward regulated sales in Michigan. Don't expect to see recreational businesses dot the Michigan landscape though.
As pot becomes legal Dec. 1, suppliers brace for demand
Greenstone Provisions is one of three dispensaries in Ann Arbor that will be selling recreational use marijuana Sunday morning and the lines will be long.
20 places to volunteer in Metro Detroit this holiday season
It’s the most wonderful time of the year - and why not spend it giving back?
27 arrested in welfare fraud sweep totaling over $210,000 in southeast Michigan
State officials announced Friday the arrest of 27 people for welfare fraud that amounted to over $210,000 in an investigative sweep.
Lawmakers, county executives restarting effort to bring regional transit to Michigan
Three county executives and a Republican lawmaker introduced plans to help leaders from Oakland, Wayne and Washtenaw negotiate a service area that would help public engagement.
U-M music professor directing project to compose songs for every one of state's 129 lighthouses
Bill Lucas, an assistant professor at the University of Michigan has embarked on a mission to absorb the sights, sounds, and smells of every lighthouse in Michigan and turn them into songs. By immersing himself in the environment that surrounds each structure, he hopes to transmit all of the tangibles and intangibles that come with these fabled structures into musical tributes.
Removing the snow at U-M's Big House in time for the MSU game
The Spartans and Wolverines face off on the football field this Saturday and you can watch it, here on FOX 2 at noon.
More distracted driving warnings after dog in woman's car leads to deadly crash
A 71-year-old woman is recovering at a local hospital and a 73-year old man is dead after distracted driving crash in Washtenaw County's York Township.
Dog jumped on driver's lap causing fatal crash in Washtenaw County on Wednesday
One person is dead in Washtenaw County after a freak accident where a dog jumped into a driver's lap causing her to become distracted.
Follow your dreams and you might just find your lost engagement ring - like this woman did
One woman thought her engagement ring was gone forever when her husband told her they should clean their together. It had been 24 years of marriage after all. But, then a dream told her to look at the Dollar Tree, just in case it was still there.
Detroit Halloween forecast: first snow of season possible
Halloween is here and unfortunately, it's going to be a very wet, cold, and even a bit snowy All Hallows Eve in the Detroit area.
Attorney: Several hospitals considering taking 14-year-old left brain dead after asthma attack
It's been a difficult month for Sarah Jones, whose son was pronounced brain dead after an asthma attack at the end of September left him without cognitive activity. While Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor made the recommendation to take Bobby Reyes off of life support, his mother has been fighting to keep him alive. She's currently looking for a second opinion and another hospital that could take Reyes.
University of Michigan to host presidential debate in 2020
The University of Michigan has been selected to host a presidential debate in 2020.
Family of boy on life support scrambles for time as hospital agrees to 24 more hours
Late Thursday night the family attorney has reached an agreement for one more day to keep 14-year-old Bobby Reyes alive.
Hillary Clinton in Ann Arbor: America is becoming less relevant in the world
There was a warm welcome for Hilary Rodham Clinton in Ann Arbor where she's helping to launch the Weiser Diplomacy Center at the University of Michigan in a time of immense challenge around the world.
Family with son on life support gets new hope from Arizona hospital
WEB UPDATE (10-10): The Phoenix hospital Allegiant has withdrawn it's effort to help. Read more HERE.
Warren, Ann Arbor volleyball coach arrested for sex crimes, child porn
A volleyball coach who worked at institutions across Michigan has been charged with sex crimes with children and child porn.
In 1969 the Rouge River burned. 50 years and more than a billion dollars later, life has returned to the water
In 1969, a worker on the Rouge River dropped his torch into the water. The flame ignited oil from an accidental spill from the nearby Shell refinery by the I-75 overpass. It lit the river on fire - and hardly anyone cared. Now, 50 years later, with the aid of thousands of volunteers, the cooperation of hundreds of groups and more than a billion dollars, the restoration of the river and its watershed has become a paradigm for how others should clean their polluted rivers.